Here the beret is a big deal. It's only for very formal wear,
When you're in your A clothes - the ones you wear outside of base (as opposed to B clothes - which you wear working and doing ****).
In A clothes you must have it on your shoulder, and only for ceremonies and **** on your head.
The rest of the time it's boonie cap (Or B hat as we call'em) because Israel is fucking hot as ****.

The one thing is Berets come in many many colors for different units, regiments and whatnot:
And there's more that aren't included in that picture.

I still have my red one, and it's in good condition, I'm keeping it in case my child needs a red one - It's not unlike in starship troopers with the pre-officer bars.

I actually dig them, unlike the "wash and wear" ACUs and no-shine boots, you can immediately tell the squared away soldiers from the shitbirds just by looking to see if their beret is shaped properly.

Also, the patrol cap is stupid; if they want a functional piece of headgear for the field they should either go with a baseball cap or a boonie cap. The stovepipe PC is idiotic with all the extra space in it, and soldiers look like goddamn bakers wearing them.

I roll the crap out of mine.

Just like the no-shine boots and the ACUs, a boonie cap never looks particularly squared away no matter what you do to it.

Also, the baseball cap is a bad idea. The NYPD actually did a pilot trial of it more than a decade ago and found out a baseball cap causes a breakdown of authority and lowered morale.

If the patrol cap were restyled to be more reminiscent of its ancestors used by the US in the 18th century, it could still be functional and would surpass the beret on the kickass lid "too cool for this" charts.

Calm down, it's only ones and zeros.

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Regarding berets, you just got to know how to shave, shape and wear them correctly, and I've never seen a member of the US forces wear one that didn't look like it was perched on his head with a crease behind the cap badge that would rival mount everest.

Regarding berets, you just got to know how to shave, shape and wear them correctly, and I've never seen a member of the US forces wear one that didn't look like it was perched on his head with a crease behind the cap badge that would rival mount everest.